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BrickStats vs other LEGO value sites: what is different, and how to check any of them

Updated 2026-11-07 · 5 min read · By the BrickStats team

Look up a LEGO set on two value sites and you will often get two different numbers, one or two retirement dates, and a page so full of ads that the price is hard to find. Most collectors pick one site out of habit and never ask where its numbers come from.

This is how BrickStats does things differently, where other sites are still ahead, and a short test you can run on any LEGO value site, including ours, before you trust it with your collection.

1. Is it retired? Ask LEGO, not a rumour list

Most value sites take retirement dates from community lists: dates LEGO never confirmed, copied from site to site. When a date passes, the set is marked retired, whether or not LEGO still sells it. That matters, because retirement is the moment a set’s price stops being pinned to retail.

BrickStats reads LEGO’s own stores instead: Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK and the US. The rule is simple. A set is available while any of those stores sells it, and retired only when none does. If a set sells out in one country but is still on the shelf in another, you can still buy it at retail, so we don’t call it retired.

• Coming soon: announced by LEGO, not out yet. We show the retail price.
• Available: a LEGO store sells it today. We show the retail price, and that LEGO still has it.
• Retired: no LEGO store sells it. We show the market value.
• Not resolved: we could not confirm a status yet, and we say so instead of guessing.

2. Where the price comes from

A value is only as good as its inputs. A number built from an average of every asking price drifts high, because overpriced listings sit unsold for months and stay in the average. A number with no date may be years old.

On a real set: on 23 October 2026 sealed listings for Millennium Falcon (75192) ran from about $625 to $2,468 delivered. BrickStats put it at $1,175, the median of what a buyer could actually get one for. Quote the top of the range and you overstate it by double.

When a set has too few listings to price today, mostly old and rare sets, the page shows the last value we trust, labelled Estimate with its month, and a note that it updates once there are enough recent prices. Other sites usually show a number either way, and you can’t tell which kind it is.

3. Prices for where you live

A US price converted to euros is not what a set costs in Europe. LEGO prices each country separately, and so do the sellers after it retires. While LEGO sells a set, BrickStats shows the price on your own LEGO store. Once it retires, a visitor in Europe or the UK sees what sellers there ask for it sealed, shipping included, checked weekly. Every set page is in English, German, French, Spanish and Dutch.

4. A page you can read

Many value sites put a consent wall, ad slots and a list of other sellers’ listings between you and the number you came for. A BrickStats set page has none of those. It shows the value, the status, the retail price and the price history, with the photos from LEGO and the full release date.

Where other sites are still ahead

An honest comparison has two sides. Here is where some other sites still offer more than we do:

• Used values for vintage sets. We price used copies separately for thousands of sets, but not yet for every set from the 1980s and 90s.
• Forecasts. Some sites publish a value for next year and five years out. We don’t, until our own price history is long enough to stand behind one.
• Live listings on the page. Some sites list other sellers’ offers next to the value. We show the value, not the shopping.

How to check any LEGO value site in five minutes

1. Pick a set you know. Ideally one you recently bought or sold, so you know the real price.
2. Compare the value with completed sales. Most marketplaces let you filter to sold items. A good value lands close to them, not near the highest ask.
3. Look for a date. If the page doesn’t say when the price was last measured, assume it might be old.
4. Check a set LEGO still sells. Open LEGO.com in another tab. If the site calls it retired while LEGO still has it in stock, its retirement data is guesswork.
5. Try a rare set. A site that shows a confident price for a set that hardly ever trades should tell you how it got there.